This design is by artist Randal Spangler. This fabulous piece of artwork has been converted into a Heaven and Earth Design (HAED).

There are 256,050 stitches in total in the design!

Fireside Fairytales will be the biggest project I have ever taken on. Not only with size but also the fact that the design is to be stitched on 25 count evenweave. I have a smaller piece of fabric so i will practise first before putting needle to fabric on the 'real thing'.

Tuesday, 26 October 2010

This is the photo I am stitching. My Grandma passed away on 9th July 2002.
My aim is to complete this by 9th July 2011, which is also the day of my 40th Birthday.

This is my stitching so far. It is not much but it has taken me hours and hours and even more hours!

I spent last Sunday (14th November) stitching more of the Stitch-a-photo but I really do not like the colours that are used for her skin tone. They are bright pinks and deep reds that really do not suit. Also my Grandma's glasses where gold rimmed but the chart had red and pink toes for the frame. So much of the same colours and they do not blend to well. I will carry on with it just in case once it is a little more compete it shades look a lot better.

I have a black and white chart of the same photo so will stitch this chart as well and see what it starts to look like.

This is my first ever blog and I am very excited about it all! I am forever chatting on the Openminders forum that I am Admin and half creator of, plus I chat all day to my nutty friends who keep me on my toes (most of the time!) so I hope I can be as chatty and crazy here too!

My passion is stitching and I have been a cross stitcher since 2000 and I just love it!

As the Round Robins are coming to an end my aim to is continue with the Stitch-a-photo of my dearly departed Grandma. I started this big project a long time ago. Along side the stitch-a-photo of Grandma I am also going to start a Heaven and Earth design called Fireside Fairytales and the artist is Randal Spangler.